CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — It was Selection Sunday last December. Carson Beck, then Georgia’s quarterback, got an MRI that morning to figure out what was wrong with his arm, then watched the College Football Playoff selection show and saw he and the Bulldogs would meet either Notre Dame or Indiana in the national quarterfinals.

His mood picked up. For a moment, at least.

“I was like, ‘My gosh, we’ve got a real shot at this,’” Beck said. “And then I walked into the training room.”

His Georgia career was over. There were about a half-dozen people waiting for him, all with blank stares on their faces, to reveal the MRI results: his elbow was a mess and surgery was needed. Everyone in that room knew Beck wasn’t coming back to Georgia for 2025. Going into this year’s NFL draft no longer was a

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